A Companion to the Australian Media

Reviews

'An impressive collection of knowledge [in which] tenacious myths are pricked ... The book illuminates technological topics which I thought I would never understand. It is not just for the media. Every public library and senior school library should possess a copy.' — Geoffrey Blainey, Australian Book Review

'... a reference book that is thorough and authoritative, while being versatile enough to remain fascinating for casual browsers ... the Companion is a wealthy source of information and a testament to the quality of the many talented authors who have contributed to it.' — Niels Kraaier, Australian Journalism Review

'A handsome volume, the product of a savvy and tenacious woman ... a massive undertaking ... there's wonderful serendipity in the printed form' — Mark Day, The Australian

'This is such an interesting book. In some ways that is simply a credit to its editor, the illustrious media historian Bridget Griffen-Foley, and her co-authors … Between them, they represent the best of more than one generation of critics, scholars, observers and practitioners of the Australian media.

Without such nation-building intellectual edifices in Anglophone media and scholarship alike, Australia is apt to disappear, as it does in most international collections …' — John Hartley, Media International Australia

'This book not only puts Australia firmly in the global media spotlight it also greatly enhances the world of media history by filling this gaping Southern hemisphere gap …

Throughout the volume and across a variety of themes, the smoothness of prose and continuity of style speaks eloquently of the assiduous attention to detail of the invisible editorial hand. I may still be an outsider to Australian media but as in the intention of this book I am now much better informed than I was before and I can turn to it again and again as I seek to renew my cross-references between Western European, North American and Australian media histories; both voyage of discovery and essential reference point. It should really be in every media library.' — Martin Conboy, Media History